Journal Article
Reactions of (S)-(4-nitrophenyl)[(4S)-2-oxo-1,3-oxazolidin-4-yl]methyl methanesulfonate with alkali metal halides and lithium hydroxide. Synthesis of [(2R,3R)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)aziridin-2-yl]-methanol
Madesclaire, M; Coudert, P; Leal, F; Tarrit, S; Zaitseva, YuV; Zaitsev, VP
Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds
ISSN: 0009-3122
EISSN: 1573-8353
The formation [(2R,3R)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)aziridin-2-yl]methanol and 2-oxazolidine ring opening occurrred in the reaction of (S)-(4-nitrophenyl)[(4S)-2-oxo-1,3-oxazolidin-4-yl]methyl methanesulfonate with lithium hydroxide in aqueous dioxane or under phase transfer catalysis conditions.
aziridine; oxazolidin-2-one; recyclization